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a lication rues February 192 Serial no. 4247,3061.

lle known. that we, PAUL l Snuvnns, residing atWabash, 1n the county and State ol- Indiana, and 'U'ARLANDV].

,OM'QNCI'IAIN, residing at Fort Wayne, in the county oti": Allen and State o'l Indiana, citi- Z6115 or the United, States, hayeinvented new and useful lmprox ements n Flexible and il'loldingTables,;ol which the il ollowing 1s a specification.

i tfl'lhe invention relates to flexible and told- 313g tablesand partlcularly to tables adapted to be used by chiropractors in the treatment of their patients. p f i It is desirable iuinany cases :thatthe'oeu tral portion of a table usedby chiropractors and otherswho treat persons for ailments bymanipulation of the organs, muscles and nervcslo'li the body and by adjusting the bones of the body, shall be flexible in its central portion. so that the portion of the patients body resting thereon shall not be fee being hinged rigidly supported, and it is also desirable that the table shall be capable of being tolded up into comparatively small package for easy transportation by the user. The ob cct ot the inventlon is to provide a siin halt oi the top of the table; l an end View of the central flexible portions; Fig. to.

ple, durable table of few parts which shall contain the above advantages among others. (lne embodiment oi'the invention is illus trated in theaccompanying drawings, in

which l a Figure 1 is a side eleyational View oi the table-fully extended; Fig. 2 an end view oi? the same, the. devices connecting the central flexible portions of the top being omitted;

llig; 3 a plan view of the lower side of one an enlarged side view oi: the pi otedcentra-l support and Fig. 6 an end view of the same partially in section. 1

Rcferringto the drawings, the table consists of a top made preferably in tour sections 10, 11, 12 and 13, sections 10 and 11 together by hinges 14: and sechinged together by hinges l5.

tions l2and 13 The two end ably supported on fourlegs 16, 17,18, 19. The upper ends of legs 16 and 19 are later ally recessed to permit of theinsertion of latches 20 which are pivoted to the bottom of sections 10, and 13 respectively, the e11 1 'gagcment of the latches with the legs serving to lock the top sections to the legs. The

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and recess 30 respectively,

sections 10 and 13 are prefer-x of'sections 19 and 13 into which the upper ends; of the legs will project when the top legs longitudinally relatively to the table and by a similar frame Ellbetweeneachpair otlegs, which extends transversely relatively The barsuof each frame are pivoted together the endsol each frame bepivoted to collars 25 and 26 on the legs, collars 25 being movable on the legs and collars 26 being fixed thereon. When the top-sections are removed from the logs, the latter are readily collapsed as a unit into an exceedingly small space, by simply forcing one end pair toward and to the other. The upward movement of collars .25 on the legs,

produced by forcing one pair of legs towardthe next, draws the legs of each pair together, so thatby the tune the legs on one side are close together the legs on the other.

side will also be close together and close to those on the former side, making a compact bundle which is easily carried about.

To each frame 22 is pivoted a support or bar 27 the upper end of which will abut the lower surface of one or both intermediate sections 11, 120i the top and rigidly support hem when it is desirable to do i so. The

lower end of each support 27 is bent to abut the side of: one of the bars, as 28, which bar tormspart of the frame and to which the support is pivoted. The abutting faces ofsupport 527 and bar 28, near the end of support 27, are provided with a knob 29 engagement, lock the support inthe upright position, the lock being easilybroken or which, when in I otherlegs '17 and 18 merely abut the lower "SlClG of: the sections 10' and 13. If desirable .recesses may be provided inithe lower side separated by rotating the support on its pivot 31.

Whensupports 27 are not desired they are rotated downwardly and the two sections 11 and 1.2 areheld up in the following manner:

Plates 32. 33 are hinged to sections 11 and 12 respectively and depend therefrom. Springs 3d are removably connected to both plates. Rod 35 is connected at its upper end to section 12 and its lower end is hook- ,shaped and engages the lower edge of plate 33. A cable 36 is connected to the lower end of plate 32 its other end being connected to -'plate the shaft 87 of a Windlass 38 which is mounted on section 11. By lass, with rod 35 in engagement with plate 83, plate 32 is drawn away from plate 33 respectively against the lower side of the end sections with the plates, between them. The two folded sections may then be easily carried or inserted in a suitable'ease along with the'collapsed legs for transportation. 'NUIDGI'OHS modifications 1n details of construction will be suggested to one skilled in the art, hence we do not wish to be limited to the precise constructions and arrangement 01 parts above described.

WV hat we claim is:

l. A table consisting of a plurality of winding up the wind-- legs eollapsihl secur ed together, a plurality of top sections removably supported by the legs, intermediate sections movably supported on the other sections, means connected to the intermediate sections for holding them in tension and means to vary the tension of the same.

2. A table consisting of a plurality of I legs, collapsible frames conner'rting the legs, plurality of top sections supported by the legs, intermediate top sections hinged to the former top sections, means connected to die intermediate sections for holding them in tension. and means pivotally mounted on the collapsible frame to rigidly support the intermediate sections.

3. A table consisting of a two part top,

means to support the top. the adjacent ends 4 of the two parts being flexible, resilient means having a flexible connection to each flexible end and means to adjust the tension of the resilient means for the purposes described.

In witness whereof we have hereunto signed our namesv PAUL F. SHIVl'DRS. GARLAND ()BENCHAIN. 

